Air pollution is a killer, a slow murderer. It damages our bodies, causes respiratory distress and affects everyone – the elderly, children and even the healthy. As toxic pollutants fill our air, we struggle to breathe. And for those of us living in Delhi, the season of despair is around the corner.
The question is: will the government's measures to tackle this winter's pollution actually work? And are shutting down the city and stopping everyday activities the only way to address air pollution?
I ask this as someone who was involved in introducing the Graded Response Action Plan, or GRAP, designed to restrict polluting activities during severe pollution episodes. But that was never its intended purpose.
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